Medical Billing Forum
NPI Numbers => NPI Numbers => : Lucy100 September 26, 2012, 06:05:08 PM
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Hi there! I have a few questions. I am new to this and am sort of an apprentice right now, but I'm doing general administration and trying to learn about how billing works.
1) I hope I explain this right. I work for a supplier (not a physician). Sometimes when we submit a bill to say for example a BCBS, they ask us for our Medicare provider #. I told them we have an NPI number but they insist on the medicare provider #. i thought NPI #s replaced all Medicare #s, and regardless, why does BCBS need to know our Medicare # anyway?
2) Does the practice have an NPI number and then all of the employees also have an NPI number? Does everyone also have a Medicare provider number? How do you know when you use the practice # and when to use the individual's #s?
Thanks so much...
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You sure they don't mean facility ID?
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If they are a Medicare supplier then they have a supplier (Medicare) number. NPI's did not replace the Medicare numbers, they just replaced the need for them on the claims. If the BC policy is a Medicare replacement plan or something else similar they may require that the supplier is a Medicare supplier. As for NPI numbers, their are rendering NPI's and billing NPI's. They ahve to be used in the appropriate spots when billing.
Hope that helps!